[drjimmy]

The Sonic Youth version was the first that I heard, and I am partial to it as well. But Karen Carpenter had to work harder to sound haunting than Kim Gordon did. Karen does get pretty freaky on Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKeknINhkc

[ph_balanced]

Whoa. How is it that I've never heard that one before?

Of course, listening to that, I can't help being reminded of Starman.